Santuário do Senhor Jesus da Pedra - Obidos, Portugal
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N 39° 21.865 W 009° 09.007
29S E 487068 N 4357228
The Santuário do Senhor Jesus da Pedra is located in the parish of Santa Maria in Óbidos municipality in the district of Leiria, Portugal.
Waymark Code: WMFYC8
Location: Leiria, Portugal
Date Posted: 12/17/2012
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Dorcadion Team
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"Inaugurated in 1747, this sanctuary is one of the most interesting Baroque buildings in Portugal, mainly due to its hexagonal shape. It was commissioned by King Joao V in memory of the accident from which he escaped from, by evoking Our Lord Jesus of the Stone. The trace of this construction work is of the responsibility of the Architect Captain Rodrigo Franco (of the Mitra Patriarchal).

Just a few meters away there had existed a small chapel, meanwhile destroyed, that housed a Paleo-Christian cross. The cross can be found on the main altar of the Sanctuary. Its interior presents three chapels: the chancel dedicated to the Calvary with a painting by André Gonçalves; the side chapels dedicated to Our Lady of Conception; and the Death of S. Joseph with paintings from José da Costa Negreiros. The peculiar stone image of the Crucified Christ, also in the chancel was, until the inauguration of the Sanctuary, sheltered in a small hermit next to the road that went in direction to Caldas da Rainha where it was object of great devotion, especially by King Joao V."


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Style: Baroque

Type of building (structure): Large religious building (church, monastery, synagogue...)

Date of origin:: 1747

Architect(s): Rodrigo Franco

Web site of the object (if exists): [Web Link]

Address:
Óbidos Leiria Portugal


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